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A novel polymorphism of the porcine prolactin gene (PRL).
Neuro endocrinology letters - 1 Jan 2000
Korwin-Kossakowska Agnieszka, Wyszyńska-Koko Joanna, Sender Grazyna
Abstract excerpt
Prolactin is a protein hormone playing a role in the maintenance of pregnancy in the pig by action on corpora lutea cells and possibly initiating production of progesterone. The prolactin gene is 10 kb in size and is composed of 5 exons and 4 introns. The present work is a report of the swine PRL gene--comparative DNA sequence analysis and the SNP revealed in the promoter region. Based on the bovine prolactin...
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